Survival Recipe
10 ingredients · 16 steps · from 1930s Survival Kitchen
Ingredients
- as much as needed Bone-in beef
- as much as needed Pork ribs
- 2 tablespoons Sweet paprika
- 5 tablespoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- as needed Lemon juice
- 3 Onion
- 3 Carrots
- 2 cloves Garlic
- as needed Butter
Steps
- Cut beef into large chunks, about 2x2 inches.
- Cut ribs along the bone for a mix of meat and bone.
- Mix 2 tablespoons sweet paprika, 5 tablespoons salt, and 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Rub spice mix into beef thoroughly.
- Burial cure beef in 1 cup salt for 1-2 hours.
- Dry cure ribs with lemon juice and salt for short duration.
- Prepare vegetables: halve onions and cut carrots into sticks.
- Rinse beef thoroughly.
- Sear beef in butter on high heat for 3-4 minutes per side.
- Fry onions and beef together for 15 minutes.
- Add ribs and fry for another 10 minutes.
- Assemble layers in jars: garlic, onion, beef, carrots, ribs.
- Pour hot water into jars, leaving about an inch of headspace.
- Seal jars with lid or foil and place in oven at 350F for 4 hours.
- After 2 hours, add hot water to jars to maintain liquid level.
- Cool jars and enjoy the result.
Recipe extracted by Foodle from “WWII “Emergency Jar” (1940s): I Recreated This Beef & Ribs Recipe at Home.” by 1930s Survival Kitchen. Quantities follow the video and may be approximate — watch the original for technique.
